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GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

August Special: Pre Purchase Inspections

For the Month of August, GDL Automotive Services is offering pre-purchase inspections on the house. This is part off our monthly specials campaign. Picture this. Six months ago, you purchased a second-hand vehicle with average kilometres on it, you haggled the price a little bit and got yourself the car. Now its service time and

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Tow bar Northern Beaches
GDL Auto Blog
Dannie Lyman

Tow Bar Northern Beaches & Tow Bar Hornsby

GDL Automotive Services is proud to announce its latest product and service range of tow bars. This now allows us to offer our clients a high quality product and installation at any of our stores. We help you get towing safely and as soon as possible. We help you get moving and out there where

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2019 VW Beetle Australia
VW
Dannie Lyman

2019 VW Beetle (Never to be Released in Australia)

There was a last minute revival of the beetle in Europe that saw a face lift model of the “new beetle” released. It was much slicker, had better styling and one can only assume was packed full of features. After this run of Beetles which is due to finish production in 2019 VW has vowed

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VW Beetle Expert Sydney
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Dannie Lyman

VW New Beetle Review 1999-2011

The beetle is a cult vehicle made famous in the sixties with the hippy movement. It became the car broke uni students owned until VW released the modern version in the late nineties and simply named it the “new beetle”. In its day it was quite a car and attracted a lot of interest from

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Mini specialist Northern Beaches
Mini
Dannie Lyman

Mini Releases 60th Year addition

Sixty years on and mini is still kicking, sure its now owned by BMW but who really minds that? Here is the latest commercial for the 6o years addition. Disclaimer: The following content is all copies and pasted straight from mini.com.au (including photos) An original that constantly reinvents itself – firmly rooted in tradition yet

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MK8 Golf release date
VW
Dannie Lyman

MK 8 Golf to be released in 2019

The MK8 Volkswagen Golf was due to be released just before Christmas 2018 however it has come across some delays caused by software issues , but the company is committed to bringing the new hatch to market later this year. Industry journal Automotive News Europe claims Volkswagen CEO, Herbert Diess, said in an internal meeting

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VW Golf MK7 Review
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Dannie Lyman

VW Golf MK7 Review

Of all the Golfs available on the market this one is so far the best. There are a few things to keep an eye out for but the advantages of having Das Auto revise the same model for the past forty years means this vehicle is not to shabby at all. Compared to its competitors

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VW bad idle
VW
Dannie Lyman

VW 2.0 PCV Valve Fault

The 2.0 Engine fitted to many of the VW range of vehicle has a common fault with eh PCV valve. The symptoms that come with this are erratic idle or what some people call hunting. The Idle can fluctuate from between 500 RPM (almost stalling) up to 2,000RPM without you touching the vehicle. This can

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VW mechanic Mona vale
VW
Dannie Lyman

VW Polo 1.2 Engine failure: Common fault

VW is generally a reliable brand with a few exceptions. One of those exceptions is the 1.2 litre engine in the Polo. The 1.2 is underpowered lemon and is known for a variety of common faults.In early production the Inlet cam gear was plastic and known for failing causing catastrophic engine failure. VW issued a

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